18 Friday Feb 2022
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beginning, big girl pants, blessed, blooming, flowers, happy, moments, nature, opening, orchid, plants, purple, widow
had the opportunity to watch the beginning of the opening of one of the orchid buds…
in the morning…
through the afternoon…
and into the evening…
really, nature is spectacular;-)…
11 Friday Feb 2022
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amaryllis, big girl pants, blessed, flowers, happy, highlighting, light, memories, moments, nature, plants, snow, sun, sunshine, weather, widow
enjoyed some lovely time in the living room this afternoon with the sun shining in, highlighting the amaryllis flowers…
the first one started blooming around January 17th and right now has four blooms on its second stalk…
the three that arrived and were planted on January 21st are doing well… of them, one is down to its last bloom and one is just thinking of opening…
happy they have stretched out their growth… they have brought much joy and I have spent time with them every day…
08 Tuesday Feb 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, combined, front door, happy, hearts, love, moments, swag, Valentine's Day, widow
had some fun this morning changing out the decoration on the front door…
last night I found the hearts that I wanted to use and brought them to the dining room…
got a last photo of the swag before I removed it…
then I combined two hearts together and hung them up… I have finally figured out how to get them to hang at the right level before tying them off…
I think they look good from both the outside and the inside…
a few days ago I put the L O V E letters on the stairway;-)… had some fun with the lighting…
also ordered a few treats to celebrate Valentine’s weekend on my own;-)…
05 Saturday Feb 2022
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the Olympics are on, the Olympics are on;-)…
I am so excited… I like to watch live if possible, so it means I am up at all times of the day and/or night, depending where they are happening… my days and nights are currently upside down…
retirement makes this much easier… when I worked, my colleagues knew I might be kind of groggy some of the time…
I like both summer and winter versions… although for these ones I am not that fond of hockey and curling (hard to believe I am a Canadian, eh)…
I really enjoy the skating, skiing and snowboarding…
and I always want everyone to do their best… such fun to watch…
not much is going to be happening around here for the next few weeks, lol…
February is going to flash by…
02 Wednesday Feb 2022
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aroma, big girl pants, blessed, chicken soup, dumplings, happy, memories, moments, old-fashioned, remembering, snowflakes, supper, widow
made chicken soup the other day… cold outside and huge snowflakes were falling… seemed like just the thing to do…
although I could use the Instant Pot, I do it the old-fashioned way… I enjoy the aroma as it simmers away on the stove…
I like the time it takes to cool the chicken down and then separate the meat from the bones, adding in the barley, potatoes and other veggies and putting it back on to simmer…
once it was finished I packaged it up and with the last bit in the pot added dumplings for my supper…
good use of the day and delicious…
27 Thursday Jan 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, flowers, happy, moments, nature, orchid, pictures, purple, Technology, unfold, widow
one of the great things about retirement is having the opportunity to watch as things unfold…
like this orchid which has been coming along nicely for a while…
yesterday at 8:48 am it was just starting to unfurl…
and at 1:55 pm it looked like this…
finally it was open at 9:14 am this morning…
and there is another bud;-)…
16 Sunday Jan 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, flowers, happy, hot tub, moments, nature, orchid, photos, purple, sweater, Technology, widow
had some fun with my bouquet… it is changing… the orchid stalk was removed and now the carnations are getting ready to come out…
used the table from the hot tub, a purple sweater, and the purple wall to get a few shots…
it was fun to gather up the items and set up for the shoot…
and the photos came out quite well…
09 Sunday Jan 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, family, happy, knives, moments, parents, sharp, sharpened, WearEver, widow
a while ago my grandson took a few of my knives to sharpen for me…
they were from the WearEver collection that had belonged to my parents…
recently he dropped them back off… he had sharpened them and cleaned and oiled the one with a wooden handle…
today, I finally used a couple of them…
they were so sharp and cut beautifully… reminded me how good sharp knives are, lol…
06 Thursday Jan 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, charger, electric, family, happy, moments, Technology, toothbrush, tricks, widow
so excited to get an electric toothbrush for Christmas… I’ve been wanting one for a number of years, but just hadn’t gotten around to doing anything about it…
once I figured out how to get it put together, I sat it on the edge of the sink and plugged it in…
it took quite awhile to charge, but once it was done I unplugged it and put the charger away… I didn’t want it sitting so close to the water…
eventually I figured out that it could sit in the cabinet to charge, so that is what I did when it needed to be recharged… feels safer as it charges, without being near the water;-)…
once fully charged, I will move the charger back under the sink…
05 Wednesday Jan 2022
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bathroom, beloved, big girl pants, blessed, cavalry, family, happy, lightbulb, loss, moments, proud, Technology, widow
for the first time since my beloved left me, I was able to change a lightbulb in the bathroom…
doesn’t sound like much, but I have tried numerous times without success and had to call in the cavalry to fix the problem…
but, I did it;-)…
felt like one of those big girl pants moments…
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